Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 11/8/2025

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

Delivered to you by Spectrum Aquatics, a SwimSwam companion, our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming collection celebrates swimmers of all ages and expertise stage with age group profiles of some latest outcomes.

Erica Wang, 10, Lakeside Aquatic Membership (NT): Wang had an exceptional efficiency on the North Texas MAC A/BB meet final weekend, setting six finest instances and climbing the all-time rankings within the ladies 10 & below age group. Her headlining swim got here within the 100 breast, the place Wang clocked 1:10.80 to rank twenty first all-time within the 10 & below age group and 1st this season, enhancing on her earlier better of 1:14.77 set in March. She additionally went 32.99 within the 50 breast, good for thirty fifth all-time within the age group and third this season, and within the 100 IM, her time of 1:05.13 ranks her sixty fourth all-time and 2nd this season. She added bests within the 50 free (27.00), 50 again (30.21) and 100 again (1:07.68), which rank fifth, 2nd and eighth this season amongst 10 & below ladies.

Jacob Lee, 12, Rose Bowl Aquatics (CA): Lee produced finest instances throughout the board on the “Our Rising Tides” 16 & Below SC meet final weekend, highlighted by a pair of standout swims within the breaststroke occasions. Within the 50 breast, Lee improved his month-old finest time of 28.49 in 28.30, rating him twenty third all-time within the boys’ 11-12 age group and 1st this season. Within the prelims of the 100 breast, he knocked greater than three seconds off his finest time in 1:02.23, rating him forty ninth all-time within the age group and 1st this season. He adopted that up by clocking 1:02.63 within the closing. He added finest instances within the 200 breast (2:24.01), rating him eighth this season amongst 11-12s, and within the 50 free (24.91).

Caite Schaffel, 15, Iowa Flyers Swim Membership (IA): Schaffel has had a powerful begin to her highschool profession at Linn-Mar Excessive in Marion, Iowa, setting a private finest time in 200 IM (2:05.70) and in addition swimming the 100 breast (1:04.27) on the MVC Swimming & Diving Championships two weeks in the past in Cedar Falls. Heading into the Ames Regional Championships this weekend, as a freshman, Schaffel ranks 1st within the state within the 200 IM and 2nd within the 100 breast. Her earlier PB within the 200 IM stood at 2:06.64, whereas within the 100 breast, she’s been as quick as 1:02.79, each set on the IASI Quick Course Championships this previous winter.

Noah Safa, 12, Scarborough Swim Membership (Canada): Safa set three new Canadian Age Group Information for 11-12 boys eventually weekend’s Cindy Nicholas Memorial meet in Unionville, Ontario, the place he was an ideal eight-for-eight in private finest instances. Safa set new SCM NAG information within the 100 again (1:00.53), 100 fly (59.65) and 200 IM (2:15.11), breaking the earlier information of 1:00.85 within the 100 again (set by Lucas Bi in 2014), 1:00.26 within the 100 fly (set by Safa in October) and a pair of:15.94 within the 200 IM (set by Matthew Cao in 2023). Safa additionally produced the quickest time in Canadian historical past within the boys’ 11-12 within the 50 fly (27.23), although official NAG information are tracked within the stroke 50s. It was, nevertheless, an Ontario Provincial Document, as have been his performances within the 100 free (55.56) and 200 again (2:12.30). All-time, he ranks 2nd amongst 11-12 boys in Canada within the 50 again (28.58), 4th in each the 100 free and 200 again, and eleventh within the 50 free (25.77).

Vanya Gojakovic, 17, NASA Wildcat Aquatics (IL): Gojakovic reset a pair of Evanston Township Excessive College Information on the Central Suburban League South division meet final weekend, setting 4 lifetime bests within the course of. Main off the 200 free relay, Gojakovic clocked 23.60 within the 50 free, breaking a 35-year-old faculty file beforehand held by present Evanston assistant coach Heidi Toft. Gojakovic additionally set a faculty file within the 200 IM together with her time of two:04.41, got here inside a half second of Olivia Smoliga‘s faculty file en path to profitable the 100 again (55.97), and added one other finest time within the 50 again (25.83) main off the 200 medley relay.

Anna Maria Daskalaki, 14, Greece: Daskalaki broke an 11-year-old Greek Document within the ladies’ 200 breaststroke (SCM) on the 2nd Quick Course Efficiency Meet final weekend in Crete, placing up a time of two:33.26. The swim broke the file for 14-year-old ladies of two:34.21, set by Nikoletta Pavlopoulou in 2014. Daskalaki has been sooner within the lengthy course pool, nevertheless, clocking 2:33.02 this previous June, which stands because the Greek file for 14-year-old ladies within the huge pool. Dasalaki additionally received the 50 breast (33.64) and 100 breast (1:12.18) on the meet, setting a brand new PB within the 50 and narrowly lacking her 1:11.61 finest within the 100 set on Oct. 19.

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